Bill Text: NC S493 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Codify NC Century Farms Program in DACS
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-23 - Ch. SL 2011-201 [S493 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-S493-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SENATE BILL 493
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to codify the North Carolina Century Farms program of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 106‑22 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 106‑22. Joint duties of Commissioner and Board.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, by and with the consent and advice of the Board of Agriculture shall:
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(18) Administration of North Carolina Century Farms Program. – Administer the North Carolina Century Farms Program, which recognizes farms in the State that have been continuously owned by the same family for at least 100 years."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2011.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 2011.
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Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
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Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2011
